English
nanchon
Nanchon comes from Haitian Creole nanchon, from Old French nacion ‘birth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis‘birth, production’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātiō‘family’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnatioas nātiōnem‘birth’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400nacion‘birth’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nation
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
- Haitian Creolemodernnanchon
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis‘birth, production’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātiō‘family’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnatioas nātiōnem‘birth’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400nacion‘birth’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nation
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
- Haitian Creolemodernnanchon
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
general, king, engine, nature, german, generation, gender, native, genuine, gene, genius, oxygen, ken, pregnant, genre, indigenous, kindness, hydrogen, genocide, genus, kin, noel, naive, genital, ingenious, kinder, innate, nee, germ, natal, nativity, nascent, nada, naïve, puny, glycogen, genial, gingerly, genitive, janata, 104 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
kind, gentle, genesis, genetics, gentile, gens, genteel, jaunty, nomen, 12 more
through Old French nacion ‘birth’
through French nation
Today it means
noun A particular family or group of loa (voodoo spirits).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / nanchon